"Bach To Basics"

One of the final performances of the summer season is the PICNIC POPS

SERIES
of the Melbourne Community Orchestra. BACH TO BASICS is the theme ofthe
concert being presented at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 8and
9 in the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 East Hibiscus Blvd.

Six years ago the Orchestra Board
decided to do something different, so the
Picnic Pops Concerts were created. Lighter music is performed in an

insect-free,
rain-safe, non-smoking and air conditioned environment where entire families as
well as singles and couples lay back and enjoy theirpicnic
dinners and listen to a program designed to please all tastes. No alcoholic
beverages, please.

program. They are Gluckís overture to an opera Iphigenia in
Aulis and Bachís Double Concerto for Two Violins and String Ensemble in D
minor. Performing the Double Concerto are two
young ladies brought from Chicago by the Maestro.

The rest of the program includes pop selections such as Henry Manciniís
Pink Panther and Moon River, Night and Day by Cole Porter, a medley of Sinatraís
songs in a Salute to Olí Blue Eyes plus Alfie, Lady of Spain, Merry Widow
Waltz and Take me Home Country Roads..

Admission is free but tickets are required. Call 752-7955 for ticket outlets
and information. Concessions will have ice, drinks and snacks.

Emily Ondracek is 19 years old and will soon be attending the
Julliard School of Music to pursue a degree in violin performance. She has won
numerous orchestral positions including concertmaster of the ChicagoYouth
Symphony Orchestra, and the Encore Chamber Orchestra. She soloed with the
Chicago Symphony at age 8. She is spending the summer working as a violin and
swim instructor and lifeguarding with her sister.

Caitlin Ondracek is 16 years old, is home schooled and will be
attending her third year in part time classes at the Joliet Community College.
She began playing the violin at age 2 1/2 with the Aurora Suzuki Violins. She is
in her fourth year with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and toured Eastern
Europe in 1999 with the orchestra. She is currently the concertmaster of the
Metropolitan Youth Symphony and enjoys playing chamber music. Diversion comes
from reading, writing, swimming and running. Her future plans include study in
biology and genetics.